homophile

Other forms of homophile

plural

homophiles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about homophile

What does homophile mean?

homophile means "someone who is sexually attracted to persons of the same sex". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in homophile?

homophile has 4 syllables: ho-mo-phi-le. The stress falls on "mo".

What is another word for homophile?

Close synonyms include homosexual, homo, gay, gay, queer. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is homophile a common word?

homophile is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.